As you may have noticed, I've been writing a lot about Windows 7 footprint reduction techniques lately. That's because I've just finished moving my three production notebook PCs from conventional ...
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On September 26, I wrote a blog here entitled "Testing Footprint Reduction Methods for SSD Migration: Before (Part 1 of 2)." Today I'm pleased to post the conclusion to this mini-saga, now that ...
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There's an interesting story from last Thursday morning (10/20/2011) on the IT ProPortal site entitled "How to Use Windows 7 Everydays Apps in Windows 8?" Therein, author Alex Serban demonstrates ...
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If you read this blog regularly, you already know that a team of authors -- including Jeff Carrell (the lead), James Pyles, Tom Lancaster, Mark Mirrotto, and myself -- are reworking a college ...
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At the end of last week, global operating system share as reported by StatCounter for Windows 7 and Windows XP reached the crossover point. What this means is that on or about October 14, market ...
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The Building Windows 8 blog is rapidly turning into one of my favorite resources and references on what's up with Windows 8, and this Monday morning I'm particularly taken with last Friday's post ...
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There's a fascinating new post up on the Building Windows 8 Blog from Steven Sinofsky, dated October 7, 2011. It's entitled "Reducing runtime memory in Windows 8", and it digs into lots of ...
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Dang! I just stumbled across another pending change coming with Windows 8, and I'm sorry to say I'm not too thrilled about it, either. It seems that the Metro UI doesn't make room for Windows ...
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I had a fascinating phone conversation with Executive Editor Ed Scannell at TechTarget yesterday, who clued me into one very interesting facet of his recent trip to Redmond for a sneak preview of ...
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